A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Sandy Neck/ Great Marsh Land Conservation
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: By 2005, a partnership of government and non-profit partners formed in 2003 had added over 120 newly protected acres to the Sandy Neck/Great Marsh Conservation Area on Cape Cod.
Contact:: Robb Johnson
Land Protection Specialist
The Nature Conservancy
617-227-7017 x 305
rjohnson@tnc.org

Project Name:: Wissahickon Creek
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association's preserve provides open space, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat and a trail linking communities from northern Montgomery County to Philadelphia.
Website:: conserveland.org/stories/rbg1
Contact:: Nicole Faraguna

Wissahickon Valley Watershed Assn
(215) 646-8866
wvwa@aol.com

Project Name:: Local Fisheries Knowledge Pilot Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: Students explore the connections between fisheries, the marine environment, their communities and their own lives while creating intergenerational collaborative partnerships.
Website:: www.st.nmfs.gov/lfkproject
Contact:: Julie Bartsch
Northeast Regional Coordinator
Rural School and Community Trust
978-779-0047
jbartsch@earthlink.net

Project Name:: Sawdust Remediation to Protect Endangered Species
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partners work to remediate the enormous sawdust waste problem in the sensitive karst area in Lee County, Virginia.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(276) 623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Palmetto Bluff Preservation
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: More than one-third of the original 20,000 acres at Crescent Resources' Palmetto Bluff community in the S.C. lowcountry has been set aside in perpetuity.
Website:: www.palmetto-bluff.com
Contact:: Kathryn Blanchard

704-376-3434
kblanchard@crown-com.com

Project Name:: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Federal, state, and city agencies manage the 46,000-acre Timucuan Preserve and surrounding state and local parks as an integrated unit.
Website:: www.nps.gov/timu/
Contact:: Robert Joseph
Park Manager, Talbot Island State Parks
Florida State Park Service
904-251-2320
Robert.joseph@dep.state.fl.us

Project Name:: Puerto Rican Crested Toad Recovery Project
Location:: Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Summary:: Partnership focuses on protection of current Puerto Rican crested toad populations against the ever-growing threat of habitat destruction.
Contact:: Silmarie Padrón
Partners for Wildlife Coordinator, Puerto Rican Crested Toad Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297 ext. 241
silmarie_pardon@fws.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Illinois River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: The Illinois River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) helps farmers improve water quality in the Illinois River and restore bottomland habitat through conservation easements.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/state_updates.htm#ill
Contact:: Jim Herbert
Illinois State Director
The Nature Conservancy
309-636-3325
jherbert@tnc.org

Project Name:: Middle Mississippi River Wetland Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Missouri
Summary:: Since the Great Flood of 1993 American Land Conservancy has been helping restore bottomland hardwood habitat, sidechannels and wetlands from St. Louis to Cairo, IL.
Website:: www.alcnet.org
Contact:: Jennifer Frazier
Vice President
American Land Conservancy
573-866-9989
jenny@alcnet.org

Project Name:: Swan Valley
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is involved in a significant collaborative partnership to achieve landscape-scale conservation in the Swan River Valley of northwestern Montana.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Flathead Common Ground
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: FCG was formed with the intent to improve wildlife habitat and forest conditions and to simultaneously utilize economically viable timber sales as a tool to help to achieve these objectives.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:: Gary Dahlgren

Flathead National Forest
(406) 758-5269
gdahlgren@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:: Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Red River Basin Restoration Effort
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: Partnership works with others to restore aquatic connectivity by removing or providing fish passage around select dams and other barriers to fish passage within the Red River basin.
Contact:: Marcia C. M. de Almeida
Fish Passage Interim Coordinator R9
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
703-358-1941
Marcia_Almeida@fws.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Utah Prairie Dog Recovery/Back From the Brink Program/Environmental Defense
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: This partnership's new approach has begun to show that private landowners will participate in the recovery of listed species, even controversial ones, given the right incentives.
Website:: www.environmentaldefense.org/go/conservationincentives
Contact:: Theodore P. Toombs
Ecologist
Environmental Defense
303-447-7210
ttoombs@environmentaldefense.org

Project Name:: Arizona OHV Inventory Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Interagency comprehensive inventory of existing OHV routes on FS, BLM, State Trust Lands in AZ.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/
Contact:: Jerry Ingersoll
OHV Program Leader
USDA Forest Service
202-205-0931
jingersoll@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Los Caminos Antiguos Byways Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Partners are using the byway to preserve and protect cultural diversity; facilitate economic community development; and to preserve and protect the land and water.
Website:: www.loscaminos.com/
Contact:: Ann Marie Velaquez
Executive Director
Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway
719-376-5225
annvel@amigo.net

Far West

Project Name:: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Protection of humpback whales is enhanced through a State/Federal management partnership.
Contact:: Jeffrey Walters, Ph.D.
Sanctuary Co-manager
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS/Department of Land & Natural Resources
808-587-0106
Jeffrey.S.Walters@hawaii.gov

Project Name:: Horse Canyon
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: 1,200 acres of aboriginal land of the Mountain Cahuilla people; acquired by Anza-Borrego Foundation and Native Am Land Conservancy and transferred to California State Parks.
Website:: www.theabf.org
Contact:: Linda Carson
Executive Director
Anza-Borrego Foundation
760-767-0446
linda@theabf.org

Project Name:: Watershed Research and Training Center (Hayfork Partnership)
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: WRTC is a community based non-profit organization, started in 1993 to promote healthy communities and sustainable forests through research, education, training, and economic development.
Contact:: Lynn Jungwirth
The Watershed Research and Training Center

530-628-4206
wrtc@hayfork.net

National

Project Name:: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the Risk of Aquatic Invaders
Location:: National
Summary:: The partnership has developed a dynamic alert system that helps natural resource managers manage the impact of invasive species on native species and habitats.
Website:: nas.er.usgs.gov
Contact:: Sharon K. Gross
Program Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey
703-648-4076
sgross@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs